Island of Dominica.
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CHAPTER II.
DESCRIPTION OF THE SOIL, MOUNTAINS, AND WOODS OF VALUABLE TIMBER, AND OTHER TREES: ALSO OF THE BIRDS OF THE WOODS, PECULIAR TO THE ISLAND.
THE Soil of Dominica, in ſome places, is a light, brown-coloured mould, that appears to have been waſhed down from the mountains, and mixed with decayed branches, and leaves of trees. In the level country, towards the ſea coaſt, and in many places of the interior parts, it is a fine, deep, black mould, which is peculiarly adapted to the cultivation of the ſugar cane, coffee, cocoa, and all other articles of Weſt India produce. The under ſtratum of the ſoil is a yellow, or brick clay, in ſome parts, in others it is a ſtiff tarrace; but it is in moſt parts very ſtoney.
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